Kapiolani (John Oxenham Poems)
Where the great green combers break in thunder on the barrier reefs,--Where, unceasing, sounds the mighty diapason of the deep,--Ringed ...
John Oxenham Poems on Place (8 Poems)
The Ballad of Lost Souls (John Oxenham Poems)
With the thirty pieces of silver,They bought the Potter's Field;For none would have the blood-moneyAnd the interest it might yield.The ...
Livingstone The Builder (John Oxenham Poems)
_With a will! With a will! With a will and surely! Without fail, Drive each nail, Build we so, securely_!The Pioneer,--the Undaunted One,Worn with long ...
The Inn Of Life (John Oxenham Poems)
_As It was in the Beginning,--Is Now,--And...? Anno Domini I_. * * * * * "No room! No room!The Inn is full,Yea--overfull.No room have wefor such as ye--Poor ...
Seeds (John Oxenham Poems)
What shall we be like whenWe cast this earthly body and attainTo immortality?What shall we be like then?Ah, who shall ...
Everymaid (John Oxenham Poems)
King's Daughter!Wouldst thou be all fair,Without--within--Peerless and beautiful,A very Queen?Know then:--Not as men build unto the Silent One,--With clang and ...
Quo Vadis? (John Oxenham Poems)
Peter, outworn,And menaced by the sword,Shook off the dust of Rome;And, as he fled,Met one, with eager face,Hastening cityward,And, to ...
Your Place (John Oxenham Poems)
Is your place a small place? Tend it with care!-- He set you there.Is your place a large place? Guard it with care!-- He ...